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Dispositional Theories

Cattel and Eysenck: Trait and Factor Theories

True or False


1	According to Cattell, pathological persons do not have the same traits as normal people.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Cattell believed that intelligence is related more to heredity than to environment.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	The orthogonal rotation method tends to result in a greater number of traits than does the oblique rotation method.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	Correlations of scores with factors are called unipolar traits.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Cattell preferred the inductive method over the hypothetical-deductive method of building a personality theory.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Traits are more stable than states.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	Most of Cattell's 35 primary traits are temperament traits.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	Eysenck would say that his relationship with his parents as well as other childhood experiences played a significant role in shaping his personality.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	One study by Eysenck showed that communists and fascists share the common trait of tough-mindedness.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	Even as a child, Eysenck wanted to be a psychologist.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


11	Eysenck's theory is based mainly on trait level factors.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


12	Eysenck believed that the main differences between extraversion and introversion are not behavioral but biological and genetic in nature.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


13	Eysenck hypothesized that although extraverts and introverts differ in many ways, they are very similar in their sexual practices.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


14	Eysenck believed that heredity plays a strong role in determining neuroticism.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


15	Eysenck found that psychotics are influenced more by environment than by heredity.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


16	People who score high on Eysenck's P scale are likely to be warm, affectionate, conforming, and sociable.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


17	Eysenck's P type is a bipolar factor consisting of psychoticism and superego.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


18	In Eysenck's theory, P, E, and N are basically unrelated to each other.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


19	Research has found that people in different cultures vary widely in their basic types.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


20	Both Cattell and Eysenck emphasized the effects of biology on personality.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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